The Clothesline Project
What is the National Clothesline Project?
The National Clothesline Project honors women survivors as well as victims of intimate violence. Any woman who has experienced such violence, at any time in her life, is encouraged to come forward and design a shirt. Victim's families and friends are also invited to participate.
What do we do to help? Being an organization of strong women we feel that this project hits really close to home. Each Spring semester during Herstory Month we have our own local Clothesline Project where we invite members of the ULV and La Verne community to show their support and share their stories. We then send our shirts to the National Clothesline Project in Washington DC to symbolize our support
Why is this important? This very action serves many purposes. It acts as an educational tool for those who come to view the Clothesline; it becomes a healing tool for anyone who make a shirt - by hanging the shirt on the line, survivors, friends and family can literally turn their back on some of that pain of their experience and walk away; finally it allows those who are still suffering in silence to understand that they are not alone. It is the very process of designing a shirt that gives each woman a new voice with which to expose an often horrific and unspeakable experience that has dramatically altered the course of her life. Participating in this project provides a powerful step towards helping a survivor break through the shroud of silence that has surrounded her experience.
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